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Patent No.:

US 8873376 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:

Gregory Cauchie, Antony, FR;

Marc Capelle, Chilly-Mazarin, FR;

Frédéric Fourneau, La Plaine Saint Denis, FR;

Inventors:

Gregory Cauchie, Antony, FR;

Marc Capelle, Chilly-Mazarin, FR;

Frédéric Fourneau, La Plaine Saint Denis, FR;

Assignee:

France Telecom, Paris, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/757 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04L 43/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided of obtaining information representative of an availability of a communications network, which includes a plurality of equipment exchanging routing data in accordance with a routing protocol. The method includes a stage of storing in chronological order at least some of the routing data exchanged between at least one first equipment and at least one second equipment; a stage of totaling unavailability times as a function of the routing data stored in chronological order for a predetermined time period; a stage of obtaining the information representative of an availability for the time period as a function of the totaled unavailability times.


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